Distribution: Only few records from Madagascar which need confirmation.Phelsuma cepediana may have been introduced to Madagascar from Mauritius.

Authorship: Most authors give the author as MERREM 1820, some as MILBERT 1812 (GLAW, pers. comm.). Member of the Phelsuma modesta (phenetic) group (GLAW, VENCES & ZIEGLER 1999).

Synonymy: Gray in Ellis 1840: 42 used the name Anoplus in a list of “Geckotidae” of the British Museum. We follow Romer 1956: 542 in considering this name as a misspelled version of Anoplopus WAGLER 1830. Given that Gray didn’t provide any details Rösler et al. 2018 (forthcoming) consider it as a nomen nudum.